Tyus Edney

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar shares personal regrets in blog

2013-03-29 12:58:00

Former Lakers center and champion Kareem Abdul-Jabbar opened up in his blog at HuffingtonPost.com, sharing a number of personal regrets. In an entry entitled, "10 Things I Wish I'd Known Before Turning Pro," Abdul-Jabbar compares dating as a youth to...

UCLA basketball: Bruins hold 29-26 halftime lead in Steve Lavin's return

2011-02-05 16:33:08

Story of the years

2006-03-30 00:00:00

1890s 1899 L.A.'s Jim Jeffries knocks out Bob Fitzimmons to win the heavyweight title. -- 1900s 1902 In the first football game for the Tournament of Roses, Michigan defeats Stanford, 49-0, at Tournament Park. The game was replaced by a chariot race...

Preeminent Domain

2006-03-13 00:00:00

As he drove his Chevy north along the California coast, Ben Howland heard his cellphone ring. Good news or bad? Howland recently had heard enough of both to make a man laugh and cry. Behind him lay the bright promise of L.A. where, a month earlier, he...

Top 35 March Madness Moments

2012-12-12 08:55:00

1939�� Oregon wins first NCAA Tournament 1963�� Loyola (Ill.) vs. Mississippi St. 1966�� A win for Civil Rights 1973�� Walton leads Bruins to title 1974�� N.C. State ends UCLA's run 1975�� Wooden goes out with 10th title 1976��...

UConn Well-Represented As NCAA Tourney Celebrates 75 Years

2012-12-12 10:01:00

Generally, players and coaches get caught up in great moments and only later can they reflect on the significance and meaning. "Unless it's a game like Georgia Tech, where we were up by 25," Jim Calhoun said. That 82-73 UConn victory clinched the...

Jim Calhoun's Most Memorable Defeats

2012-10-30 00:00:00

Every loss stings, and some are more memorable than others -- for the circumstances, the level of play, how it unfolded, the disappointment, even the pride in the effort put forth. Even for a coach as successful as Jim Calhoun. Here are some of the more...

Howland headlines OC Bruin Bash

2012-05-25 23:15:34

Ben Howland has no doubt made headlines throughout the past year, from reports of losing control of his basketball team to revitalizing his roster at UCLA. The Bruins men's basketball coach is expected to touch on those issues and more when he appears at...

Newport Beach resident helps raise money for Wooden Athletic Fund

2012-06-07 17:58:27

UCLA alumnus Barry Saywitz played host to the Orange County Bruin Bash at his Newport Beach home on Saturday, helping his alma mater raise more than $54,000 for the Wooden Athletic Fund. The fund generates financial support to help more than 700 student-...

Teel Time: Picking Final Four of Kentucky, Florida State, Marquette, Kansas

2012-03-13 11:56:00

Connecticut defeated Butler in last season’s national championship game. My bracket had the Huskies losing to Bucknell, the Bulldogs to Old Dominion — both one-and-done. Suffice to say I had no pool winnings to report to the IRS. In my...

Bruins party in Newport Beach

2011-06-09 18:15:00

There were many reasons why UCLA fans gathered in Newport Beach Saturday night. They came together for a party, to drink and dance, and to raise money for the Wooden Athletic Fund at the luxurious home of Barry Saywitz, a UCLA alumnus. Tom Reineke,...

UCLA party in the O.C.

2011-05-26 20:22:00

It's not too often you hear an NCAA Division I football coach doo-doo-doo the intro to "Jesse's Girl" during a phone interview. Maybe I caught UCLA's Rick Neuheisel on a good day, but he was all giddy talking about Orange County and the upcoming O.C....

UCLA's Tyus Edney lofts a last-second, three-pointer at the the end of the first half Saturday, March 25, 1995, over the out-stretched arms of Connecticut 's Rudy Johnson (23) and Kevin Ollie (12) at the NCAA West Regional championship at the Oakland Coliseum.

1995-03-25 00:00:00